I bought a hive with all of the components from a supplier. I used it as the model for mine. There are complete plans online to build your own.

I personally got into keeping bees this year when a friend captured a swarm of honeybees and sold me the bees along with some used hive equipment. We have already harvested about (27) half pint jars of honey.

Actually, some beekeepers use a hot-melt wax finish on some of their equipment.

As for the frames you see in my pic, we bought the components and assembled them. It made more sense to purchase these, because they are made from “select” pine and are way too intricate to make when you can buy them pretty reasonably.